ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Little Rock
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zheng
🪃 Counterpuncher
Draxl
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚙️ Grinder is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 2,804 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Michael Zheng plays Liam Draxl.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zheng | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 4.07 | 1.71 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -23.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -3.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Zheng
0
Draxl
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zheng has a higher win rate against shared opponents (63% vs Draxl's 50%).
| Opponent | Zheng | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Jesper de Jong | W 75 63 | L 64 16 36 |
| Mitchell Krueger | W 75 63 | W 63 16 76 |
| Sebastian Korda | L 36 46 | L 67 46 |
| Arthur Gea | L 64 16 46 | L 36 26 |
| Andres Martin | W 64 64 | L 16 57 |
| Alfredo Perez | W 62 36 63 | W 36 75 62 |
| Yi Zhou | W 64 36 76 | W 62 64 |
| Yibing Wu | L 26 36 | W 64 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Zheng | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 55.8% | 64.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 58.1% | 72.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 44.1% | 47.7% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 3.8 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 3.4 |
| Break Points Saved % | 60% | 63.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 26.3% | 36.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 55% | 56.2% |
| BP Converted % | 33.3% | 41.1% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 16 | 25.5 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 21 | 28.8 |
| Net Pts Won % | 71.4% | 74.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 45.2% | 54.1% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 50% |
Last five matches per player
Sebastian Gorzny
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Aidan Kim
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Ilia Simakin
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Jesper de Jong
Roland Garros · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 20
Emilio Nava
Oeiras Open 4 · Round of 32
May 7
Matchup overview
Michael Zheng and Liam Draxl face off in the Semifinals at Little Rock on Hard.
Michael Zheng leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Michael Zheng is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dino Prizmic (May 24).
Liam Draxl is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Sebastian Gorzny (Jun 4).
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